APA 7th Edition - Citation Guide - CBS Library

Please note that the official APA Manual only give guidance and examples for US legal materials. The guides and examples for EU legal documents is made by CBS Library.

Students at HA-JUR and Cand.Merc. JUR should consult the guidelines from there program, they have a special modified version of the APA standard.

Template

Legislation type and Number of Legislation. Title of publication. European Union, Name of the EU agency. URL

Example

Directive 94/62/EC. On packaging and packaging waste. European Parliament and Council. http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1994/62/oj

As In-text citation:

(Directive 94/62/EC)

(Directive 94/62/EC, Article 7))

or

In the EU directive on packaging and packaging waste (Directive 94/62/EC) it is stated...

In Article 7 of the EU directive on packaging and packaging waste (Directive 94/62/EC) it is stated...

Example

Case C-311/18, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 July 2020: Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems. The Court of Justice of the European Union. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62018CJ0311&qid=1627552758320

As In-text citation:

(Case C-311/18)

or

The judgment in the case of Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems (Case C-311/18) states that...